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Tag: hand woven leather

Bridlemaker Belts

Posted on 18 August 2015 by Charlie

We’re now collaborating with a British Bridlemaker on a range of belts, dog collars and leads. Like all SAHEL leather products, they incorporate the work of Fulani horse reins weavers: hand woven leather straps that are traditionally used for horse girths or reins in the Sahel. So this range is a unique collaboration of heritage…

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The Reversible leather & bogolan shopper

Posted on 11 March 2015 by Charlie

‘It’s more important to be pretty on the inside’ is what we keep telling our 5 year old daughter. As for bags, it’s just as important, which is why we use hand-woven mudcloth dyed cotton to line many of our styles. But it felt a shame to keep the beautiful bogolan hidden away, so we’ve…

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Weaving leather by hand

Posted on 20 March 2014 by Charlie

A far flung hamlet in the outback of Burkina Faso is a hive of activity. It is the home of traditional leather workers, a group of women weaving strands of leather into horse reins. The reins are being reinvented as beautiful handbag straps, the unique feature of SAHEL Design bags. Salamata and Fatimata are the…

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